Frivolous political parties around the world and their campaign promises:

• Denmark’s Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements promised tailwinds on all cycle paths.
• Hungary’s Two-Tailed Dog Party promised eternal life, world peace, one work day per week, two sunsets a day, smaller gravitation, and low taxes.
• Sweden’s Donald Duck Party promised wider sidewalks and “free alcohol to the people.”
• England’s Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party promised the reintroduction of hanging, the annexation of France, and the reduction of the school leaving age to 9.
• America’s Guns and Dope Party would replace one-third of Congress with ostriches.

And Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus all have Beer Lovers’ Parties.

“Politicians are the same all over,” said Nikita Khrushchev. “They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.”